Note that for some, another rock you may need to address is the MTHFR defect. Read and see if it might be you.

P.S. When I, Janie, first got on desiccated thyroid, and before there was Stop the Thyroid Madness or very many groups to sort through feedback, I had to figure out and deal with a lot of rocks: constant heart palps with each raise; frequently overdoing it and landing myself back into bed; the misery of iron anemia with its achiness/depression/fatigue and having to get it back up twice; figuring out I had high cortisol with its dizziness/nausea in the face of stress/fatigue; low potassium and high blood pressure; low Vit. D; cramps from my low magnesium. But I finally walked the journey with blood, sweat and tears.

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Thyroid Madness Definition according to many reported patient experiences:

Treating most hypothyroid patients with T4-only meds; offering no options.

Dosing solely by the TSH and the total T4, or using the outdated "Thyroid Panel".

Prescribing anti-depressants in lieu of evaluating and treating the free T3.

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